Architectural intertextuality
Subtitle: architecture as acceptance of 'the other'
By: Dr. Khaled al-Sultany ; translation Raed Nakshbandi and Suad Mehdi
Publisher: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts; School of Architecture Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Copenhagen; Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9788770980036
Subjects: Danish Architecture; Architecture
Description: The book aims to examine and describe the activities of Western (including Le Corbusier, Niemeyer,Sert and others) but chiefly Danish architects, who have worked in the Middle East countries. The book also points out the richness of architectural approaches of Danish architects (Utzon, et al) when they have used elements and features related to Islamic architecture in their own designs in Denmark.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253).